Family-owned chimney sweep serving Lake Avalon
Your fireplace, cleaned from the cap screen to the hearth by a crew that protects the room first.
- Licensed & insured
- Locally run
- Family owned and operated
- Same-day service available
What your Lake Avalon chimney sweep includes
- Stove connector pipe cleaned and joints reset
- Metal chimney cap removed and reset per its maker
- Each flue matched to its fireplace or stove
- Glass doors and frame cleaned after brushing
The cleaning behind a clear-drawing flue
Glazed buildup inside the smoke chamber
The smoke chamber is the sloped space between the damper and the start of the flue. Deposits there can harden into a glaze just as they do higher up. Because the walls angle inward, a straight flue brush does not reach every face of it.
Glazed deposits in the smoke chamber get the same kind of removal treatment as a glazed flue. One product label describes a sprayer made for that space, and the treatment is applied per the label. Once it dries, the loosened material is brushed down and collected from the smoke shelf and firebox.
The smoke chamber is its own area on your estimate. You see whether it needs only brushing or a glazed treatment, and once it is clean you learn whether the mortar coating on its walls is still intact.
Using the cleanout door at the base of the flue
Many masonry chimneys have a small metal door near the bottom of the flue, outside the house or in a closet or garage. The Florida Building Code calls for a cleanout opening near the base of each masonry chimney flue, with a noncombustible cover, and makes an exception for fireplace flues that can be cleaned through the fireplace opening.
When a chimney has a cleanout, debris from the sweep collects at the bottom of the flue, and our crew empties it through that door. A cleanout that has been painted shut, rusted or hidden behind plants gets opened carefully.
The cover needs to close fully after cleaning. A missing or rusted-through door is noted for repair on your Lake Avalon estimate, since an open cleanout lets air and animals into the base of the flue.
Ladders and roof work handled by our crew
Top-down cleaning and checks at the chimney top mean roof work. Our crew in Lake Avalon brings its own ladders and fall protection, sets the ladder on firm, level ground and ties it off before climbing. You never need to go up or hold a ladder for us.
Roof access depends on conditions on the day. A wet or slick surface, high wind or a very steep pitch can make the roof unsafe, and then the sweep is done from inside where possible and the roof part is rescheduled at a time that suits you.
Our technicians watch their footing on every roof, and gutters and plants below the ladder are protected too. Anything they notice near the chimney, such as a cracked tile or lifted flashing, goes on the record for you to decide about.
Brushing a flue that bends or offsets
Not every flue runs straight. Masonry chimneys sometimes shift sideways to clear a roofline or a second fireplace, and factory-built chimneys use elbow sections to route around framing. The Florida Building Code limits how far a clay flue lining may slope from vertical, so masonry bends are gentle, but they are still bends.
A stiff rod and brush can skip across the outside of a bend and miss the inside corner. Our technicians use flexible rods for offsets and work the brush through the bend from both ends when both can be reached.
Offsets also hide things. Debris can lodge in the bend, and the visual check can see only so far past it. For a flue with an offset, the written record notes what could be seen and what could not.
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Quick answers on flue cleaning
Do you clean the stove pipe along with the chimney?
Yes. Wood stove chimney cleaning includes the connector pipe, its joints and the stove's flue outlet as far as the stove manual allows. A rusted or split pipe section is quoted for replacement instead of being cleaned.
Can you sweep a chimney that has birds or animals in it?
Not while they are inside. Chimney swifts are federally protected, so the sweep waits until they leave, and bats or other animals are handled by our animal removal service before any cleaning. Once the flue is clear, we sweep it and quote a cap to keep them out.
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